Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]
Chapter 121: Opponents 2

Chapter 121: Opponents 2

"Almost unbeatable? Is having an earth fire so advantageous?" Someone asked.

"Can an earth fire guarantee refining success or quality?" Another whispered.

Hearing the questions, Qi Xiaowen hurried to explain.

"Having an earth fire does not guarantee success. However, it does improve the quality of pills and weapons."

"But that is not enough to make her unbeatable. After all..." A female cultivator said, turning to look at Shen Xu.

"Student Shen Xu can refine a perfect grade weapon even without an earth fire." She continued and Qi Xiaowei sighed.

"The problem is not weapon quality." He said.

"Earth fire is a higher-level fire than spiritual root fire. Because of this, spiritual root fires don’t work properly in front of an earth fire."

"This..." Lin Xiang couldn’t help but look at Shen Xu with a concerned look.

"Isn’t it difficult to refine weapons under such circumstances?" She muttered.

"It’s indeed difficult to refine a weapon when one can’t properly control their flame." Shen Xu nodded.

However, he wasn’t worried.

First, his spiritual root fire wasn’t ordinary.

Although its current intensity was equivalent to ordinary spiritual root fire, its potential was a lot higher than earth fire.

Considering this, Shen Xu didn’t think the opponent’s earth fire could intimidate his spiritual root fire.

Second, Shen Xu was confident in his skills.

With his current ability, no weapon refiner in the Canglan continent could rival him.

However, the thought of a handicap made him look forward to the coming competition.

"Shouldn’t we stop her from using the earth fire?" Someone suggested but another snorted in disgust.

"Do you know who her grandfather is?"

"Isn’t she the daughter of the dean of the Dry Mist academy? Who is her grandfather?"

"Think about it." Someone said and everyone turned to look at the person.

"Her father is just a late-stage golden core realm cultivator; not even as powerful as our academy dean. However, no one has dared to steal her earth fire. Can’t you guess why?"

"Is her grandfather a nascent soul realm cultivator?"

’No wonder she is so rampant.’ Shen Xu thought.

If she was just the daughter of a golden core realm cultivator, others wouldn’t tolerate her spoiled and murderous behaviour.

However, having a backer in the nascent soul realm was something that others couldn’t ignore. Even if they wanted revenge, they didn’t dare to provoke a nascent soul realm cultivator.

’As expected, strength is everything in the Canglan continent. Without strength, one can’t even think of revenge when they are wronged.’ Shen Xu sighed and leaned on Zhen Yuan.

"After thinking about it, we have three strategies to deal with student Xiao Wan’er." Qi Xiaowen started and the weapon refiners eagerly listened.

"The first method is to stay as far away from her as possible."

"From what we have found out, student Xiao Wan’er usually likes to sit in the centre. Considering that, you should try to position yourselves in the outer edges of the competition stage."

"The second strategy is to time your refining based on her refining. You can start before she does or start after she finishes. However, this strategy is dangerous because everyone will have three chances. There is no guarantee how many chances she will use."

"What about the third?" Qi Shuang asked.

"The third method is to avoid refining any weapons that require perfect fire control. Otherwise, your refining will fail" Qi Xiaowen sighed.

When they heard this, the weapon refiners had gloomy expressions.

"How can we refine a good weapon under such circumstances?" Someone grumbled.

"Isolation talisman." Zhen Yuan suddenly said.

"Student Zhen Yuan, do you have a solution?" Qi Xiaowen asked.

"As long as the weapon refiners are inside an isolation barrier, their flames won’t be affected by the earth fire." Zhen Yuan explained and soon continued.

"The alternative is an isolation formation."

"Student Zhen Yuan, do you have an isolation talisman? I would like to buy some if possible." Qi Yang said, turning to look at Zhen Yuan.

"Level?" Zhen Yuan asked.

"I don’t..." Qi Yang started, looking a little confused.

"A level one talisman can last three hours, a level two can last eight hours, and a level three can last one day." Shen Xu explained, causing Zhen Yuan to look at him in surprise.

"Are your surprised that I know?" The double asked with a mischievous look in his eyes.

"Mmmh." Zhen Yuan nodded.

"Don’t look at how carefree I am. I read a lot." Shen Xu bragged but guiltily avoided the man’s gaze.

"I see." Zhen Yuan rubbed the double’s hair but didn’t continue to question the person.

Seeing this, Shen Xu sighed in relief.

In fact, he didn’t read a lot!

However, when Zhen Yuan was in a deep sleep, Shen Xu read some talisman books to relieve his worry.

Thinking about those days, the double couldn’t help but tremble.

’I hope he is never unconscious again.’ He thought.

"Student Zhen Yuan, can I buy some level two and level three isolation talismans?" Qi Yang asked.

Similarly, other weapon refiners and alchemists came forward.

After all, no one could ensure they wouldn’t encounter a hostile flame during the competition.

Because Zhen Yuan didn’t have many isolation talismans, he took some orders and agreed to deliver the goods on the first day of the competition.

Soon after, Qi Xiaowen stepped down and Lin Meirui stepped up.

"In the inscriptions category, Yu Lan is the strongest competitor." She said and continued.

"Yu Lan is a student of the Dry Mist academy and a well-known inscriptions genius. She has level three soul power and can draw more than twenty types of level three inscriptions."

After giving a general overview of Yu Lan, Lin Meirui stepped down and another deputy dean stepped up.

The main opponents in the school of talismans were Lin Xi from the Blue Fern academy and Yang Fei from the Dry Mist academy.

Similarly, the main competitors in the school of formations were Li Pao and Zhang Ren from the Dry Mist academy and Gong Jin from the Blue Fern academy.

After the meeting, Zhen Yuan, Shen Xu, and Lin Xiang left the classroom together.

.....

One thousand foundation establishment realm cultivators could enter the Demon Plants Forest.

Of the one thousand places, five hundred were allocated to students of the three main academies.

As for the remaining five hundred, they were at the discretion of the three empires royal families. Generally, these places were used to recruit allies for the royal families and also appease the public.

This time was no different.

While the academies were competing, the royal families were also choosing people.

Three weeks later, one thousand foundation establishment realm cultivators and numerous golden core realm cultivators met at the intersection of the three empires.

At this time, Xiao Wan’er was not in a good mood.

"How dare a poor double presume to be better than me?" She angrily cursed.

Hearing this, Jiang He sighed and Liu Hong rolled her eyes.

’What are you without your earth fire?’ She thought.

However, she didn’t dare to reveal her thoughts.

After all, Xiao Wan’er was a person that couldn’t be offended.

Thinking of this, Liu Hong couldn’t help but frown.

’I am afraid student Shen Xu is going to be in trouble.’ She thought.

At first, the Dry Mist academy thought Xiao Wan’er would take the first place.

However, the Divine Rainbow academy was strangely prepared.

Not only did they have isolation talismans, but also had a master like Shen Xu!

For some reason, Shen Xu purposefully sat next to Xiao Wan’er but didn’t use an isolation talisman.

However, his performance was unaffected.

Although he worked next to Xiao Wan’er, his fire control was perfect and he easily refined a peak grade level three qiang.

Even more strange, Xiao Wan’er couldn’t properly control her flame.

In the end, first place turned into seventh place.

Since then, the woman had been cursing Shen Xu and hadn’t stopped for three weeks.

"I will make him pay." She said and a trace of murderous intent flashed in her eyes.

"Wan’er, you can’t be careless about this matter." Jiang He frowned and continued to advice.

"Student Shen Xu has a level three inscribed robe. It won’t be easy to deal with him. If you make a mistake..."

"Make a mistake?" Xiao Wan’er sneered.

"I have ways to deal with him even if he has a level three inscribed robe."

When he heard this, Jiang He shook his head and said no more.

However, he couldn’t help but look down on Xiao Wan’er.

Before they left the Dry Mist empire, they learned that a merchant ship would soon arrive in the Canglan continent.

At that time, many cultivators were excited and planned to leave the Canglan continent.

Xiao Wan’er was one of those who planned to leave.

Thinking about it now, Jiang He lowered his head with a thoughtful expression.

’With her offensive personality, she probably can’t survive the journey to the Tianqi continent. Even if she does, she will be killed on the first day.’ He thought.